As of LCOS 9.00, the transmission and encryption settings for P2P connections can be configured separately from the settings for the first logical WLAN network of the corresponding physical WLAN interface. P2P devices no longer use a configured SSID as an administrative network for connection establishment and for availability checks ("Alive") of a point-to-point partner. Instead, they now use the fixed SSID *** P2P INFO ***.
This feature, among others, forms the basis for the structure of AutoWDS networks.